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The library (west campus) has over 200 books tagged with horror. Try some of these...

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Journey through horror (2005) Edited by Richard Baines, Oxford University Press.

Journey through horror contains 13 short stories covering different styles of horror story from Gothic style suspenseful horror, scary creatures, ghosts and the real world horrors of killers and earthquakes. The book contains some thinking questions at the end of each story and a variety of prompts for imaginative writing and project work.


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After Dark Series (1997) Edited by Gary Crew, Lothian Press

The library has 32 of the 40 books in the After Dark series. Each book is under 50 pages with five full page illustrations to add to the atmosphere of the books. They cover a range of horror including stories about bats and wombats, spooky places, ghosts, amputations, vampires the secret of eternal youth and more!
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Reiko the Zombie Shop (2005) Rei Mikamoto, Dark Horse Comics

This graphic novel is a slasher style horror story with copious amounts of blood and gore. It tells the tale of Reiko, who can raise the dead. A serial killer has murdered 29 people. She’ll wake your dead to catch the killer, for a price, but takes no responsibility for what they say and do when they wake. Weak stomach? Get nightmares? Read something else.






Try searching the library catalogue for other horror fiction - Use search words as you would for the internet.


Using just horror gets many results, as you can see below.
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Try using words that will narrow your search such as vampires + horror
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If you are at school - click here to choose the library catalogue for your campus.





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